Carol A. Gresser, a candidate for Queens borough president, broke her foot recently on the campaign trail. During four hours in the emergency room, she told anyone who would listen that she was running for office -- and why. In the race for a spot...

New York City's borough presidents do not have many official powers, but the position gives its holder an important platform from which to lobby for schools, urban planning and city services for the home borough. Here are our choices in the...

For the first time ever, the Queens Democratic Party is expected today to endorse a black candidate, Councilwoman Helen M. Marshall, for borough president. At the party organization's dinner last Thursday, Thomas J. Manton, the former congressman...

Diane Ravitch Drops Out DIANE RAVITCH, the education historian and standards advocate, has resigned as education adviser to the Republican presidential campaign of GEORGE W. BUSH. Dr. Ravitch, who advised Governor Bush on three education...

It has been more than a year since Carol A. Gresser left 110 Livingston Street in Brooklyn and her position as a member of the New York City Board of Education. But Mrs. Gresser has been busy and plans to be busier still in the next two years. This...

For eight years, Carol A. Gresser was a force on the New York City Board of Education, serving as president for three years and helping decide the fate of three Schools Chancellors. Last year, Mrs. Gresser lost her seat after years of battling with...

This is Carol A. Gresser's last day at 110 Livingston Street, and it is safe to say that of all the people who will call and wish her well, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani will not be among them. ''I've never had a conversation with the man,'' said Mrs....

June 30, 1998, Tuesday

Taking a first step toward reorganizing the city's unwieldy $2.5 billion special-education program, the Board of Education voted last night to give principals and district superintendents direct authority over the evaluation teams that determine...

New York City's Board of Education is a highly politicized forum where the Mayor and the five Borough Presidents play out their alliances and antipathies through their appointees. The political nature of the enterprise was underscored this week when...